Back in 1997 is where Art Fabrications began. Company Director/Founder Andrew Langley studied Fine Art at college and University and found his passion for working with metal. After working on Sculptures in London he decided to take the leap and start his own business back home in the Midlands.
His hardwork, attention to detail, and determination to be the best in the business has seen the business grow over the years.
As an artist Andy and the Art Fabs team are passionate about delivering work of superior quality, which is demonstrated in their portfolio of works across the world.
Forging ideas into reality.
Senior tutor at Freeman College, Sheffield. Blacksmithing as a therapy. Blacksmithing. Charcoal making. Practical Skills Therapeutic Education PSTE.
Andrew Findlay has been forging artisitic metalwork for 30 years.
During this time he has developed many interesting and innovative techniques and textures to apply to his work. He is happy to use both traditional and modern tools and methods to achieve the desired effect.
Andrew’s work and design style is influenced but the great Art Nouveau and Art Deco artists and designers such as Antoni Gaudi, Victor Horta and Edgar Brandt, particularly in the way that their distinctive and sometimes unconventional work was successfully integrated into large architectural projects.
Finish is all important, patinated zinc, reactive copper paint, bronze and copper patinas, rusting, electropolished and heat coloured stainless are used in preference to paints.
He works in steel, bronze and stainless steel and has completed many major commissions in the UK and worldwide including Dubai, New York, Monaco And Italy. He has demonstrated his craft internationally and has been an artist in residence at the prestigious Metal Museum in Memphis, Tennessee.
Andrew works mainly to commission and is happy to receive enquiries from Architects, Landscapers and Private Clients.
Professional Artist Blacksmith Melissa Cole (FWCB) produces bespoke contemporary designed metal work from her Wiltshire forge.
Working to commission for private clients and public art pieces, Melissa’s work has a distinctive style, rhythm and flow inspired by forms and lines found in natural spaces. Her work has a sense of movement which comes directly from the making processes of forging, each piece designed to fit the location and purpose.
Public work by Melissa can be found in Oxford, Plymouth, Chippenham, Swindon and in many schools across the South West. Smaller sculptural pieces can be viewed at her gallery alongside the forge and in exhibitions across the country.
Melissa also teaches private blacksmithing and sculptural metal work from her own forge and was a Short Course tutor at West Dean College.
Designer and maker of forged or fabricated steel gates,railings and bespoke work.
Artist Blacksmith creating decorative ironwork for the home and garden.
BlacksmitHer Radio is a weekly podcast specifically about blacksmithing for blacksmiths. Would you like to know what your fellow blacksmith peers are saying about their blacksmithing businesses or get inspired by a project they are working on? You can do that by listening to their interviews on BlacksmitHER Radio. I’ve learned valuable skills from some of the best blacksmiths through workshops and classes, but mostly from having conversations and connecting with them. So I thought by sharing those connections and conversations through podcasts, you too will be able to learn something new about blacksmithing and your fellow mates.
What is BlacksmitHER Radio? An audio only podcast show that:
• Interviews blacksmiths around the world.
• Provides relatable topics that can help blacksmiths such as tool usage, pricing and time management.
• Offers education, entertainment and a sense of community and camaraderie among the guests and listeners.
Where can you listen to BlacksmitHER Radio?
• On your phone with a podcast player app
• On your computer from the BlacksmitHER podcast tab on the website
• In iTunes, under podcasts search BlacksmitHER Radio
• In Stitcher, a podcast app for android phones, search for BlacksmitHER Radio
Sculptural ironwork for home and garden.
Blacksmith experience days available at my forge in the heart of Bristol.
Based on the outskirts of Bradford,Ian is the fourth generation of blacksmiths and engineers born in Halifax,from the Baxter family.
Iam a dedicated craftsman who has a great deal of pride in my work and have accumalated a wealth of knowledge and information on both historical and up to date methods of blacksmithing and heritage engineering.
On the BABA Council, and currently On the Last year at Hereford (on the L3 technical course) Stan is an enthusiastic blacksmith. Aiming to get out and work with as many blacksmiths as possible and learn as much as he can about this amazing craft. Stan is particually passionate about passing down craft skills and progressing his practical skills and artistic merit. Also Stan’s passion for industrial heritage has lead to working with other blacksmiths at a few heritage sites, alongside being asked to be a trustee of the Waterworks Museum Hereford. He is interested in combining the skills of the blacksmith with the needs of the heritage sector
Leamington Spa Warwickshire
Cambridgeshire based blacksmith working on commissions from traditionally forged wrought Iron work for conservation and restoration through to contemporary, one off designs.
Currently Employed as a Welding Instructor at Babcock International.
Matthew and Karine Maynard are designers, blacksmiths and artists who use metal and architectural space as their media. As a husband and wife team, they specialize in hand-forged custom stair rails, furniture and applied design.